The Melbourne City Gazette
Player ratings24 Feb 2031
Nobody could get near Tito Tito Yormie Jr.
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Feb 2031
Tyler Williams asks to leave Melbourne City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market24 Feb 2031
Only the photograph left for Josey Casa-Grande
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Josey Casa-Grande will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Melbourne City the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match22 Feb 2031
A bad afternoon for Melbourne City against Melbourne Victory
2‑3 to Melbourne Victory, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Feb 2031
Words at Melbourne City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joe Bell is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad24 Feb 2031
A falling-out at Melbourne City
Phillip Čančar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
Tyler Holmes answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 2‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
Callum Elder gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
The team sheet said everything about Alex Bonetig
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Alex Bonetig.
In brief
- Squad David Brown signs on for more
- The dugout Adrian Segecic has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Defences have started doubling up on Adrian Segecic